Singer Brenda Lee, known as “Little Miss Dynamite,” has enjoyed success as a child performer, teen idol, easy-listening chanteuse, and country music queen, sustained through each of these career transformations by a powerful voice that belies her diminutive stature (four feet, nine inches tall). An important pioneer of early rock and roll, she achieved unprecedented international popularity during the 1960s. Brenda Lee was born Brenda Mae Tarpley on December 11, 1944, in the charity ward of Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta and was raised in Conyers and Lithonia.

Connecticut native and, later, Georgia resident David Bushnell invented the submarine. He created the first prototype of a manned submarine, called the "Turtle," in the 1770s. His design was used in the Revolutionary War against the British. Courtesy of Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division The New Georgia Encyclopedia does not hold the copyright for this media resource and can neither grant nor deny permission to republish or reproduce the image online or in print.

Chattahoochee County, which borders Alabama just south of Columbus in west central Georgia, is named for the Chattahoochee River, which forms its western boundary. According to the 2020 U.S. census, the population is 9,565, a decrease from the 2010 population of 11,267. By an act of the state legislature on February 13, 1854, Chattahoochee was formed from portions of Muscogee and Marion counties. It was the 109th of Georgia’s 159 counties.

The wilderness of the Chattahoochee National Forest attracts a number of hikers, hunters, and other outdoor enthusiasts to nearby Ellijay each year. The New Georgia Encyclopedia does not hold the copyright for this media resource and can neither grant nor deny permission to republish or reproduce the image online or in print. All requests for permission to publish or reproduce the resource must be submitted to the rights holder. ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7qLHOq56imZWjsLqvy6innpyZlnuwvsZomKusmZi5pr%2BOnKaupqSesrR5wqKrop2jYrumtcahmaiqmKS8pb%2BOnqOloZqWxnC5jHFqcGtf

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